Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist

With just 5 hours notice on Twitter, lots of cool people met at The International in London on Friday evening. I was joined by:

• Alex Hoye, Chair, Seedcamp
• Simon Prockter, Founder, SpeedDater.com and SpeedBreaks.com
• Justin Champney, Global Head of Brand Innovation, McCann
• Robert Loch, Founder, Recommendbox.com and my partner in crime for Top Cats
• Zoe Margolis, Sex blogger and best selling author.
• Paul Carr, Author of ‘Bringing nothing to the party‘.
  
• Mark O’Neill, DCMS (he’s in charge of the Olympics 2012 - all of it!)
• Amanda Rose, Social Media Consultant

It’s a shame I didn’t capture Mark telling us how he made sure the British officials were given disposable mobiles before going out to the Beijing Olympics. Apparently, the Chinese government could continue to track calls even after a SIM swap back in the UK.

I gave a quick demo of Wubud and everyone seemed to really like it. After a thorough grilling, Zoe said she will use it. Alex was very impressed by the progress we had made since the last time we spoke - we went from an idea to a product in less than 3 months.

We ended up at a party in the Last.FM office.

Claire O’Halloran and I are arranging a night out with friends on August 29th - so I’m arranging a tweetup beforehand. Put the date in your diary now. 5:30 to 19:30 in The International, London.